King Street Station locked down after suspicious package

A suspicious suitcase led to a lockdown of King Street Station shortly after its grand reopening, but it turned out to be harmless.

The suitcase was on Third Avenue, near the station that was opened in 1906. The reopening Wednesday came after years of work to restore the station, which was given a lower ceiling and modifications in the 1950s.

Seattle’s mayor and other guests were at the reopening, held in the main waiting room. King Street Station is at South King Street and Third Avenue South near CenturyLink Field.

The lockdown was in place at 12:45 p.m., parts of Third Avenue were blocked. Seattle’s Arson/Bomb Squad has responded to more than a half dozen suspicious packages since the April 15 Boston Marathon bombing. All have been harmless.

The suitcase was determined to be harmless shorty after 1 p.m. Seattle police spokespeople were not immediately available.